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| sunshine |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 04:47:36 AM
BE SURE YOU READ THE LAST ONE ABOUT THE CLOTHES DRYER!!!!!!
my mom in law sent this I havent tested them but she has some I have done the dryer one in the past we stoped using dryer sheets 10 years ago
GREAT TIPS Worth reading:
1. Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
2. Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
3. Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
4. Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
5. Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.
6 Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
7. No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
8. Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
9. Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
10. Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- static is gone.
11. Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
12. Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
13. Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.
14. Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...
15. Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
16. Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home", can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He
told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like.
WELL...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh and that's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free - that nice fragrance too. You know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box, well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it!
He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share!
Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it the water ran right Thru the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Sep 16 2007 : 06:25:07 AM
These are great tips!
I'm going to try the pizza one as I dislike using the microwave everything gets soggy.
Had never heard about the dryer. I don't use dryer sheets but I'm sure it is a good idea to wash it off. Plenty of other stuff can clog it up I'm sure. Thanks for sharing these Sunshine.
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| Annab |
Posted - Sep 16 2007 : 03:44:48 AM
HEY! These are great tips! Pity I didn't know about the pizza re-heat thingy. When the toaster oven died, I stopped bying pizza, cause I hate reheating it in the microwave.
And, I don't use those dryer sheets either. Only time really is if I am washing dog bed stuff and want to get the doggy stink out.
Think I'll wash the lint trap out tonight too!
thanks again! |
| farmgirlwannabe |
Posted - Sep 15 2007 : 9:34:24 PM
Thanks Sunshine- some of the suggestions I knew already(and use!), but somehow I'd missed the ant/cornmeal one. I'm going to try this immediately, as my house (and the whole city of Antelope) seems to be built on one very large anthill.....Everyone I know has problems with ant infestations, but anytime I ask people what they use, their solution is to liberally and continuously applying nasty chemicals  - I really hope this works! |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 6:22:13 PM
Thanks for all of the handy tips. There were several I had never heard of before. I was told the same about my dryer from our repairman a few years ago. A few years ago my dad's cousin's family never cleaned their lint screen & the dryer caught fire. No one was home, so half the house burned down!
Keep a eye on those garage door openers too! A friend of my neighbors house caught fire when they closed their garage to go out. The motor on the opener never turned off & set the garage ceiling on fire. Unfortunately, the entire house burned leaving them & their 6 kids homeless. They're having a tough time with the insurance company now.
Dawn in IL |
| Alee |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 10:59:14 AM
Thanks for all the great tips, Sunshine!
Alee
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| Ronna |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 10:13:59 AM
I don't use dryer sheets anymore...these spiked blue balls that bounce around do the job quite well. Walmart had them by the registers for about $10. I've been using them about a year and don't see any sign of deterioration. Only if I have a load of all static producing fabrics will I use a dryer sheet. My DH is a electrician and told me about washing the filter screen and using the long brush or vacuum wand to clear out what you can't see. Scary to think of a dryer catching fire, but it happens way too often. The manufactures would be doing a great service to have a sticker to that effect right on the dryer. Of course, they won't, because a lot of dryers are replaced when they get clogged and the used appliance people clean and resell them.
Ronna |
| frannie |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 09:15:30 AM
thanks, sunshine,
great advice, as usual. many of these i had not hear, but the one about the mosquitos i am gonna try out for sure. after all the rain we had this summer, we have abumper crop o f the little critters and i would love to find a great way to keep them off of olivia who really seems to have aproblem with them.
love
fran
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| BotanicalBath |
Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 12:06:13 AM
I am going to try the fruit fly thing. Today I noticed a bunch in the kitchen.... We will see if I have fly soup in the morning! Or tomorrow... I dont care as long as they are gone.
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| Shirlaroo |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 11:37:53 PM
Thanks for the tips Sunshine. The measuring jug one is sure going to come in hand next time I measure out my syrup when baking gingerbread.
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| Annie S |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 1:02:05 PM
Thanks for sharing such great tips. I don't use the dryer sheets any more - just vinegar in the final rinse - but I still wash out my lint screen at least once a month to keep it clean. Definetly going to try the frosting tip as well as the fruit fly one. They're all great ideas and tips.
Peace and love.
Annie |
| sunshine |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 12:44:26 PM
I don't use dryer sheets so it didn't affect me but my mother in law does and she did have this problem she also did the nat thing and said it worked for her too. the microwave one I have done for years it does work
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 12:41:59 PM
Checking out that dryer tip!!!! That was a great one along with a couple others.
Thanks for sharing......
Enjoying life. |
| mima |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 07:56:54 AM
GREAT tips!!! I'm gonna print this out right now!!!!!Hugs to your MIL!!! |
| Brew Crew |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 07:52:24 AM
Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to try some out. . .Hmmmm. Must make cupcakes today, that fluffy frosting sounds good. :)
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| ktknits |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 07:08:27 AM
Cool!! I'm going to try that static cling one too. That's always a big problem for me in the winter.
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 06:37:40 AM
Thanks to you and your MIL. MB
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| Cheryl |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 06:27:36 AM
Great tips. I am going to check my dryer screen today.
Cheryl :) |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 05:30:21 AM
YEA, That dryer one was a winner, and a few others I didn't know. Thanks.
NANCY JO
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Aug 10 2007 : 05:25:28 AM
There were actually a few tips I've never heard before. Thanks, Sunshine. I'll have to remember those.
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